Post #309749 by RevBambooBen on Wed, May 30, 2007 8:52 AM

Have a little quandary.

A good friend of mine gave me a giant tapa ( tongan style).

It was used at his sisters funeral a few years ago.

Half his family is from Aus/Zealand.

He wanted to know if I could cut it up, frame it and

send it out to all the friends and family.

I cut up alot of tapa for other projects.

But, I'm kinda hesitant to cut this one up.

Any of you islanders know the tradition?

MAhalo,

Bamboo Ben

p.s. I don't know if it was made special for her or if it was just tradition.